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. 2018 Oct 31;25(5):e411–e422. doi: 10.3747/co.25.4014

TABLE III.

Postoperative outcomes

Characteristic All patients (n=156) Sarcopenia Myosteatosis Visceral obesity



Yes (n=24) No (n=132) p Value Yes (n=131) No (n=25) p Value Yes (n=64) No (n=92) p Value
Complicationsa [n (%)]
 All 51 (32.7) 15 (62.5) 36 (27.3) 0.001 50 (38.2) 1 (4.0) 0.002 23 (35.9) 28 (30.4) 0.471
 Stage 2 26 (16.7) 9 (37.5) 18 (13.6) 26 (19.8) 0 (0.0) 13 (20.3) 13 (14.1)
 Stage 3a 17 (10.9) 5 (20.8) 12 (9.1) 16 (12.2) 1 (4.0) 6 (9.4) 11 (12.0)
 Stage 3b 7 (4.5) 1 (4.2) 6 (4.5) 7 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (4.7) 4 (4.3)
 Stage 4 1 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0)
 Inflammatory 19 (12.2) 4 (16.7) 15 (11.4) 0.695 19 (14.5) 0 (0.0) 0.089 13 (20.3) 6 (6.5) 0.01

Exsufflation time (days) 0.136 0.26 0.574
 Median 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
 IQR (3–4) (3–4) (3–4) (3–4) (2–4) (3–4) (3–4)

Gastric drainage (mL) 0.216 0.209 0.837
 Median 80 140 80 70 130 80 80
 IQR (25–247) (36–408) (21–215) (22–210) (30–300) (30–290) (22–232.5)

Abdominal drainage (mL) 0.467 0.003 0.609
 Median 525 560 520 580 275 545 515
 IQR (275–1180) (324–1545) (267–1080) (300–1250) (151–419) (270–1260) (277–1045)

Albumin use (g) 0.002 0.037 0.85
 Median 40 70 35 40 0 40 30
 IQR (0–60) (23–70) (0–60) (0–60) (0–50) (0–75) (0–60)

Postoperative hospitalization (days) 0.065 0.006 0.135
 Median 8 11 8 8.5 7 9 8
 IQR (7–11.8) (7–17) (7–11) (7–12) (6–8) (7–12) (6–10.5)
a

Assessed by Clavien–Dindo grade.

IQR = interquartile range.